Everthorne
Gale Hawthorne/Katniss Everdeen
The hunting partners of the Seam shared years of survival before the Games chose Katniss and the war chose Gale. The losing side of the trilogy's triangle endures in fic that asks whether the bomb was really unforgivable, or writes the timeline without it.
What is Everthorne?
Everthorne is the fan-given name for the romantic pairing of Gale Hawthorne and Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. With over 1,500 works on Archive of Our Own, it's one of the most popular ships in the fandom.
Why fans love Everthorne
They were two halves of one hunter before politics intervened, a foundation triangle fic can't stop relitigating.
Most Popular Everthorne Fanfics
The highest-rated Everthorne stories on AO3, ranked by kudos.
Just This Once
by MarikaMonica
When Peeta won his games, he promised himself he was going to find a way to make life better for people around him. A few years later, he is hated, feared, and lonelier than he thought it was possible. With the revolution about to start, he is not looking for change, but then one night, one meeting
The Toll of Freedom
by Scrambledcookie
The path of the revolution is a cold, calculated prison of its own. Safe behind the walls of District 13, Katniss Everdeen fights a losing battle against her mind, struggling to become the polished Mockingjay high command demands. Around her, the surviving victors try to piece together their shatter
Stay Anyway
by banananaprince
In a world where the Games never came for them, Katniss Everdeen is still fighting to survive- just not in an arena. School is another battlefield: hunger gnawing at her ribs, responsibility weighing heavier than her backpack, and a future that feels as narrow as the fence surrounding District 12. E
Ever In Your Favor
by EStrunk
In the Epilogue Katniss was just guessing what would happen next. But she didn't see what was coming. Here's what really happened!PeetaxKatniss, then KatnissxGaleI love Peeta and think the relationship between Katniss and Peeta is beautiful. Don't want to give spoilers, but things happen that none o
The Beast of Casterbridge
by formulaic_beam
Orphaned at ten and raised by a bitter, unstable aunt in the slums of London, Katniss Everdeen learns early that survival requires silence and gratitude. Years later, working as a nurse, she tears an advertisement from a newspaper. A reclusive, scarred farmer in Casterbridge offers an impossible sal
Winning Streak
by cameliamichi
Everlark Careers AU. - Katniss and Peeta, two teenagers from opposite ends of District 4, find refuge from their impoverished homes in the Career Training Academy. For Peeta, the Academy is just a place for him to eat and sleep. But for Katniss, being a Career is a chance to get her family out of po
Not So Pure
Completeby EverlarkAlways08
Katniss Everdeen is sick and tired of being called a 'pure' and 'innocent' just because her father is the pastor of their local church. She decides to take matters into her own hands, approaching Peeta Mellark one day after school, notorious bad boy and the type of boy that her father warns her to s
last ones out
Completeby Ellenka
When he stretches his hand, she doesn't hesitate to take it. Perhaps she should, after everything that happened. She can almost feel blood and ashes between their fingers, but she still takes it, suddenly deathly afraid of losing him, too. (A little missing scene after the wedding. Everthorne.)
El viejo más acá
by coveywrittings
Panem cambia, pero el Distrito 12 sigue enterrando gente. Mientras el Capitolio convierte el miedo en espectáculo y la rebelión comienza a respirar bajo tierra, Maisie Ash Baird descubre que sobrevivir no siempre significa obedecer. Y cuando el Tercer Vasallaje arrastre nuevamente al Distrito a la A
Lingering Ghosts (finnick odair)
by fawnsangel
"I am the echo of your shadow." In the industrial and bleak corner of Eight, Sophia Violet Grover lived as a Capitol darling, her punishment for surviving the games .She learned to survive by becoming something else: a million layers of not her to keep herself alive. Sophia Violet Grover another nai
The Weight of the Crown
Completeby Scrambledcookie
Book 2 of The Price of Survival Winning the 74th Hunger Games wasn't the end of the nightmare; it was just the beginning of a different kind of war. After surviving the arena together, Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne returned to District 12 as Victors, but the crowns they wear feel more like noo
method acting like you love me
by whenyoureplayingsolitaire
After a satisfactory performance on the Victory Tour, Katniss and Peeta enter an uneasy marriage instead of another arena, friends playing out a storyline for an audience that would be out for blood if they didn’t. Constantly talking about how to not be together ends up teaching them something else
livin' in a powder keg
by Ellenka
...and givin' off sparks. (Very alternative District 2 reunion. Everthorne.)
All of Your Heart's Desires
Completeby ciemai
He remembered that night during the Victory Tour when she had confessed her dreams to him in a voice so soft he almost missed it over the soft humming of the train. All she wanted was a full belly for Prim and a field of dandelions in the spring. She never wanted to be married or have children, all
Under The Willow
by CarinoEresUnAmor
Red Robin, report."Bruce's voice filtered in through his comms as Tim tries to pry his eyes open, glancing around at his surroundings."I-"Tim started, wincing at the pain pounding against his skull. Wires, were the first thing he could recognize, they practically surrounded him, some stuck to his ar
Catching Fire: The Offering
Completeby Rebecca_Willoughby
“Ah, Miss Everdeen. No need to stand on ceremony. Come right in.” President Snow looks just as I remember him. He has this manner about him where he seems affable, but also like he was about ready to strike you. Just simmering under the surface. The overpowering smell of roses and blood hits me as I
The ballad of the black wolf
by Diana911
Gale goes to the Arena. Katniss keeps alive eight people instead of two. Peeta burns down the Bakery. For Haymitch the Mockingjay is still Burdie's kid, with the hard eyes, and the slow smile. But this time, just for him. And the wind blows out the candle flame.
Family Ties
by thediamond_theincomparable
A look into Prim's thoughts the day of the Reaping, and the weeks that follow.
non licet nobis
Completeby Ellenka
The door closes after him just like it closed after her mother, after Prim, after Madge, cutting her off from paths she could have explored, lives she could have lived. Katniss traces the edge of the gold pin, a thin band around the bird trapped in the middle. Hoping beyond hope there’s still a way
You’re not in this alone anymore
by louell
My version of what happens after Katniss gets home to district 12. (OLD PEETA IS BACK!! GALE SLANDER FOR MY OTHER GALE HATERS!!)
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What does Everthorne mean?
Everthorne is the ship name (portmanteau or nickname) for the pairing of Gale Hawthorne and Katniss Everdeen. It's used by fans to tag and search for fanfiction featuring this relationship.
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